Akhil Amar
Professor, Yale Law School
Akhil Amar has taught at Yale Law School since 1985, as an assistant professor, associate professor, and professor. He currently teaches constitutional law, and has held the Southmayd Chair since 1993. He was a Law Clerk for Judge Stephen Breyer, U.S. Court of Appeals, from 1984 to 1985. He is the author of The Constitution and Criminal Procedure: First Principles, For the People (with A. Hirsch), and The Bill of Rights: Creation and Reconstruction. The following is from a September 4, 1997, hearing held by the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the House Judiciary Committee on "Proposals for Electoral College…
